Transferring Citations Seamlessly – Direct Export to Citation Managers is Becoming the Norm

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Five years after PubMed incorporated an automatic export feature that allows for citation information to be transferred from PubMed to a “citation manager” with the click on a button, many resources have now followed suit adding this super-efficient functionality.

Here are some resources (that offer the ability to direct export citations) that may surprise you:

National Guideline Clearinghouse
When you go to the Guideline Summaryview of a NGC record, you will see “Export to Citation Manager” as one of your Download options along the top.

Journal of Clinical Oncology Meeting Abstracts
When you find citations of interest in ASCO Meeting Abstracts, you are given the option to “view abstracts” or to “download to citation manager”. If you choose the latter, you will then be offered the option of several “Citation Manager Formats” to choose from, including Endnote, Papers, RefWorks, and many more.
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How to Download Multiple PDFs on ScienceDirect

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You can now download all recommended articles on ScienceDirect in one fell swoop. When you select to download the PDF of your original article, the PDFs of the recommended articles also appear in the export screen. Each article has a pre-checked box for downloading and you can easily access the abstract if you need more information about each recommended article to help you decide whether or not you want to download it. Once your export is complete, you will automatically be returned to the original article you were reading!

Note: the files will be downloaded in the format of a zip file. The file name format is as follows: DocumentTitle_PublicationYear_PublicationName.

Preparing the Annual Library Budget: Thinking Strategic, Thinking Value

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As I prepare my budget for 2016, the challenge is always to align the content we renew/purchase so that it reflects the research and medical activities of our user community. Scholarly journals tend to take a fair portion of our allocated content funds and considerable time is spent each year (and during the year) monitoring their use, identifying new research journals, and looking to see where research dollars have been assigned/diverted within the organization. Continue reading →